Liberty Athletics has announced the television coverage plan for the upcoming 2015 football season, which includes broadcast opportunities for all 11 games on the Flames’ schedule.
Broadcast plans have already been made for nine of Liberty’s 11 contests with coverage plans for Liberty’s games at Georgia State (Oct. 3) and Charleston Southern (Nov. 14) to be announced later this season.
Liberty has experienced tremendous television coverage in recent years, as each of its football games has been broadcast since 2011.
The Liberty Flames Sports Network (LFSN) will cover Liberty’s season opener against Delaware State (Sept. 5), as well as the Flames’ road contest at Southern Illinois (Sept. 26) and Homecoming game against Big South newcomer Kennesaw State (Oct. 24).
Mike Tilley and Matt Warner return as LFSN’s broadcast team. Tilley is entering his 28th year of working with the network and once again serve as Liberty’s play-by-play broadcaster. Warner, an anchor on the LFSN Game On weekly show, will serve as color commentator for the second year in a row.
LFSN broadcasts will be available in the local Lynchburg/Roanoke/Danville markets on WFFP-24. Additionally, LFSN coverage of Liberty football will be available on The Walk Network with more than 200 stations across the country. All LFSN broadcasts will continue to be available on the Big South Network and through ESPN3.
Liberty’s Sept. 12 contest at West Virginia will be broadcast on Root Sports Pittsburgh, an affiliate of the Fox Sports Networks (Dish Network Channel 428; DirecTV Channel 659).
The American Sports Network (ASN) will begin its second year of Big South coverage in 2015, including Liberty’s game at Gardner-Webb (Oct. 10). In the local Lynchburg market, the game will be broadcast on WSET’s 13.2 channel.
The Big South Network will provide coverage of Liberty’s contests against Montana (Sept. 19), Monmouth (Oct. 17) and Presbyterian (Nov. 7). All three games will also be available on ESPN3.
As announced last week, Liberty’s regular season finale against Coastal Carolina has been moved to Nov. 19. TheThursday night contest will be broadcast on ESPNEWS, marking the first time a Liberty football game has aired on one of the main ESPN networks.
Coverage of the remaining two contests will be announced at a later date by the Sun Belt and Big South Conference offices. Liberty’s game at Charleston Southern on Nov. 7 could be part of the Big South’s new Wildcard Weekend coverage plan.
2015 Liberty Football TV Broadcast coverage:
Sept. 5 – Delaware State (LFSN/ESPN3)
Sept. 12 – West Virginia (Root Sports Pittsburgh)
Sept. 19 – Montana (Big South Network/ESPN3)
Sept. 26 – Southern Illinois (LFSN/ESPN3)
Oct. 3 – Georgia State (TBA – Announced by Sun Belt Conference)
Oct. 10 – Gardner-Webb (ASN)
Oct. 17 – Monmouth (Big South Network/ESPN3)
Oct. 24 – Kennesaw State (LFSN/ESPN3)
Nov. 7 – Presbyterian (Big South Network/ESPN3)
Nov. 14 – Charleston Southern (TBA – Possible Big South Wildcard Weekend broadcast)
Nov. 19 – Coastal Carolina (ESPNEWS)
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